This study reports qualitative findings from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation to understand hospitals’ approaches to a novel commercial episode-based reimbursement incentive ...

Some hospitals were able to outperform others in a commercial insurer episode-based incentive program, but there was little evidence of global reductions in episode spending. Objectives: To evaluate ...

Commercial insurers are charged two to three times more than what the same payer’s Medicare Advantage plans are charged for the same procedure in the same hospital, according to a study published Aug.

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, funded by Arnold Ventures and featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and ...